The trickle-down effect
I couldn’t resist the punny title. Today I’m talking about shower heads, specifically the low flow variety. I’ll keep it short: if you don’t have one, consider buying one. For around $20, you can get yourself this lovely device that will cut your costs (for water and the power to heat it) by about $175/year if you’re an average household. Even if you have multiple showers and need more shower heads, it’s still a great bargain.
If you’re feeling extra frugal, get the kind with a shutoff valve that you can use to stop water flow when you don’t need it, but keep the setup how you like it for when you want it again.
Bonus: your water or electric company may give you a coupon or incentive to buy a low flow shower head. Look into it.
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Ummm… what is this product called or is there a picture?
Oops, should have been more clear. This is the “low flow shower head” and BC Hydro has some good information about it, which can be confirmed on numerous websites. Just do a Google search for low flow shower heads.
Like most shower heads, there are semi-generic brand versions as well as designer versions and types with fancy features. I’m planning on getting one that’s very similar to my current shower head, just low flow.
That’s the exact showerhead we had on board my submarine!
Great tip, but I’m going to have to pass on this one. It got really cold in the shower sometimes– I could never do that again!